A gal can dream.

Austin to Fredericksburg to Mason to Katemcy to Brady to Fife to Coleman to Tuscola to Abilene to Snyder to Post to Lubbock to Bainer to Littlefield to Sudan to Clovis to Taiban to Fort Sumner to Puerto de Luna to Santa Rosa to Santa Fe to Albuquerque to La Jara to Nageezi to Bloomfield to Cedar Hill to Durango to Cortez to Pleasant View to Monticello to La Sal Junction to Moab to Green River to Wellington to Price to Spanish Fork to Provo to Tooele to Salt Lake City to Ogden to Brigham City to Tremonton to Snowville to Burley to Twin Falls to Jerome to Bliss to Glens Ferry to Mountain Home to Boise to Meridian to Nampa to Ontario to Burkee to Baker City to North Powder to La Grande to Pendleton to Hermiston to Umatilla to Richland to Sunnyside to Toppenish to Yakima to Ellensburg to Cle Elum to North Bend to Seattle to Kent to Thompson Place to Olympia to Hoodsport to Port Angeles to Victoria.

I think that would make a nice vacation, don't you?

A gal can dream.

Austin to Fredericksburg to Mason to Katemcy to Brady to Fife to Coleman to Tuscola to Abilene to Snyder to Post to Lubbock to Bainer to Littlefield to Sudan to Clovis to Taiban to Fort Sumner to Puerto de Luna to Santa Rosa to Santa Fe to Albuquerque to La Jara to Nageezi to Bloomfield to Cedar Hill to Durango to Cortez to Pleasant View to Monticello to La Sal Junction to Moab to Green River to Wellington to Price to Spanish Fork to Provo to Tooele to Salt Lake City to Ogden to Brigham City to Tremonton to Snowville to Burley to Twin Falls to Jerome to Bliss to Glens Ferry to Mountain Home to Boise to Meridian to Nampa to Ontario to Burkee to Baker City to North Powder to La Grande to Pendleton to Hermiston to Umatilla to Richland to Sunnyside to Toppenish to Yakima to Ellensburg to Cle Elum to North Bend to Seattle to Kent to Thompson Place to Olympia to Hoodsport to Port Angeles to Victoria.

I think that would make a nice vacation, don't you?

I only meant to stay a while....

( A Map of Wishful Thinking )

One thing I have issues with with most of these map systems is that they completely decide that US Highways just don't exist. Granted, Interstate Highways are nice quick ways to cross the country. I love them, I use them, they're great. ZIP ZING WOOSH.

But, when you get something like the google route above, it leaves you scratching your head. Going from Austin to Victoria means going to through Kansas?! Why is that?

Cause the maps don't give you options for "most direct route" or "avoid highways" or "include US highways" in their searches. So, I drew a Great Circle route (for you non geography majors, it's the shortest distance between two points on a globe), and then plotted a new course to Salt Lake City from Austin, just for giggles that was closer to the routing I wanted.

The bad thing about Google was, anytime I picked a set of cities too too far apart. it'd completely go bonkers, and throw me somewhere WAY out of the way (I have to go to Dallas to get to Albuquerque?) So I "creeped" along and patched a route closer to what I wanted. The results?

Great Circle Route: 1840.73
Google Route: 2523 mi (1 day 12 hours)
Jenn Route: 2328mi (1 day 18 hours)

Okay, the US highway route is 200 miles shorter, and five hours longer. But I think it'd be worth it. I've traveled across country four or five times now, each time, getting on a freeway when I woke up, and driving till I got tired (San Antonio to State College in that kind of driving? 1700 miles in 1 Day, 10 hours (two of us did it in 22 hours, when we only stopped driving to switch drivers and go to sleep)).

But I didn't really SEE anything. Just drive drive drive drive. The straighter route I'd take would take me right through the Rockies in New Mexico and Colorado, and the deserts of Utah. And I could SEE things. I could stop when something caught my eye without ever worrying if a cop was gonna drive up behind me and say "Get movin, kid."

All this is just wishful thinking. I love my Blue Beastie truck, but I just don't think she'd survive the trip. She did her marathons a few years back and is still a good sprinter, but a marathon at her age? Not likely.

Although if Gas becomes a serious problem, just driving it might be a pain. If that happens then I think I'll just go for broke, do the Great Circle Route and tunnel my way to Emily.

One day, though. One day. :)

I only meant to stay a while....

( A Map of Wishful Thinking )

One thing I have issues with with most of these map systems is that they completely decide that US Highways just don't exist. Granted, Interstate Highways are nice quick ways to cross the country. I love them, I use them, they're great. ZIP ZING WOOSH.

But, when you get something like the google route above, it leaves you scratching your head. Going from Austin to Victoria means going to through Kansas?! Why is that?

Cause the maps don't give you options for "most direct route" or "avoid highways" or "include US highways" in their searches. So, I drew a Great Circle route (for you non geography majors, it's the shortest distance between two points on a globe), and then plotted a new course to Salt Lake City from Austin, just for giggles that was closer to the routing I wanted.

The bad thing about Google was, anytime I picked a set of cities too too far apart. it'd completely go bonkers, and throw me somewhere WAY out of the way (I have to go to Dallas to get to Albuquerque?) So I "creeped" along and patched a route closer to what I wanted. The results?

Great Circle Route: 1840.73
Google Route: 2523 mi (1 day 12 hours)
Jenn Route: 2328mi (1 day 18 hours)

Okay, the US highway route is 200 miles shorter, and five hours longer. But I think it'd be worth it. I've traveled across country four or five times now, each time, getting on a freeway when I woke up, and driving till I got tired (San Antonio to State College in that kind of driving? 1700 miles in 1 Day, 10 hours (two of us did it in 22 hours, when we only stopped driving to switch drivers and go to sleep)).

But I didn't really SEE anything. Just drive drive drive drive. The straighter route I'd take would take me right through the Rockies in New Mexico and Colorado, and the deserts of Utah. And I could SEE things. I could stop when something caught my eye without ever worrying if a cop was gonna drive up behind me and say "Get movin, kid."

All this is just wishful thinking. I love my Blue Beastie truck, but I just don't think she'd survive the trip. She did her marathons a few years back and is still a good sprinter, but a marathon at her age? Not likely.

Although if Gas becomes a serious problem, just driving it might be a pain. If that happens then I think I'll just go for broke, do the Great Circle Route and tunnel my way to Emily.

One day, though. One day. :)

If you think this is unfair, substitute "Aquaman" for "Vulcan" instead.

Things I miss from San Antonio: Authentic Mexican Food from authentic home run Mexican places. The Riverwalk. Drinking in all the history from downtown. My good friends who all fled the town. Walks in the creekbed behind our house. Knowing where everything EVERYTHING was. Christmas at my parents'. The Road goign from my house to the Texas Star Inn.

Things I miss from Pennsylvania: Snow. A REAL Fall Season with the trees and the cold and everything. Nittany Mountain. The creek running through our apartment complex. Middleswarth Sour Cream and Chives Potato Chips, Birch Beer, Amish Folks. Eat and Park. The Skiing Bunny Rabbit. The tightly packed villiages.

Things I miss in general: Sleep.

If you think this is unfair, substitute "Aquaman" for "Vulcan" instead.

Things I miss from San Antonio: Authentic Mexican Food from authentic home run Mexican places. The Riverwalk. Drinking in all the history from downtown. My good friends who all fled the town. Walks in the creekbed behind our house. Knowing where everything EVERYTHING was. Christmas at my parents'. The Road goign from my house to the Texas Star Inn.

Things I miss from Pennsylvania: Snow. A REAL Fall Season with the trees and the cold and everything. Nittany Mountain. The creek running through our apartment complex. Middleswarth Sour Cream and Chives Potato Chips, Birch Beer, Amish Folks. Eat and Park. The Skiing Bunny Rabbit. The tightly packed villiages.

Things I miss in general: Sleep.

O, Sleep, Where art thou?

I'm officially published. :)

I'm on Page 19 of this.

O, Sleep, Where art thou?

I'm officially published. :)

I'm on Page 19 of this.